January 20, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Towards a New Eviction Jurisprudence, Gerald S. Dickinson, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law Policy, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2015. Managing Retirement Risks with Reverse Mortgage Loans and Long-Term Care Insurance, Adam Wenqiang Shao, Hua Chen & Michael Sherris, 7th Australasian … Continue reading
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January 15, 2016
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its 2016 Scorecard outlining conservatorship priorities for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Common Securitization Solutions. The Joint Center for Housing Studies released its Rental Housing Report and created an interactive map series that … Continue reading
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January 14, 2016
Why Have a Complaint Window?
Angela Littwin of the the University of Texas School of Law has posted Why Process Complaints? Then and Now to SSRN. The abstract reads, The creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) established the first comprehensive federal forum for processing consumer complaints … Continue reading
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January 13, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Civil Forfeiture and the Constitution, Caleb Nelson, Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming; Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2. Cohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest, Robert Leckey, Philosophical Foundations of Children’s and Family Law (OUP), Elizabeth Brake and … Continue reading
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January 11, 2016
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
New York state appeals court affirmed denying dismissal of claims against Morgan Stanley for fraud. Plaintiff bought $17 million in high-risk notes tied to residential mortgage-backed securities in a $500 million collateralized debt obligation that eventually were wiped out. Quicken … Continue reading
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January 6, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
House Prices and Job Losses, Gabor Pinter, Bank of England Working Paper No. 569. The Dynamics of Adjustable-Rate Subprime Mortgage Default: A Structural Estimation, Hanming Fang, You Suk Kim & Wenli Li, PIER Working Paper No. 041. High and Low … Continue reading
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January 5, 2016
The Duty to Serve Underserved Markets
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments regarding Enterprise Duty to Serve Underserved Markets. The “Enterprises” are Fannie and Freddie and this duty to serve is a highly contested one, with … Continue reading
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